Elena Khrustaleva

Yelena Vladimirovna Chrustaljowa (Russian: Елена Владимировна Хрусталёва; born September 28, 1980 in Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian and Belarusian, Kazakh biathlete now.

Jelena Chrustaljowa made ​​her international debut at the European Junior Championships in 2000 in Zakopane. She won gold here in singles and with the Russian squadron. The shortly to be held in Hochfilzen World Junior Championships silver followed in pursuit behind Sabrina Buchholz and with the season, and fourth places in singles and Sprint. Finally, she started in the summer of even at the Junior World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk in summer biathlon, where she won silver behind Tatjana Moiseyeva.

For the following season Chrustaljowa changed their citizenship and launched now for Belarus. Now they were in Hochfilzen also her debut in the Biathlon World Cup. The first result was a 36th place in the sprint. Halfway through the season, just before the 2002 Winter Olympics they could achieve their best World Cup rankings in Antholz. In individual and team competition Chrustaljowa Seventh was, in the pursuit of even sixth. At the games in Salt Lake City, it reached 33 in the Sprint, a 30th place in the pursuit and in the relay a good seventh place.

For the season 2003/ 04 she moved back to the Russian citizenship. However, it was mostly used because of strong competition only at the continental level. At the 2003 European Championships in Forni Avoltri Chrustaljowa won gold in singles and with the Russian squadron, 2005 in Novosibirsk again with the season. For the season 2006/ 07 she moved again citizenship and starts since then for Kazakhstan. In summer 2007, she won behind Natalia Sokolova at the World Championships in the summer biathlon in each Otepaeae the silver medals in the sprint and the mass start. In the individual competition of the World Cup 2009 Jelena Chrustaljowa reached its hitherto best international placement with the sixth place in the individual. At the Olympic Winter Games 2010, she was able to improve again and won after a 5th place in the sprint even the silver medal in singles.

Prior to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Chrustaljowa left for the Kazakh edition of Men's Health take nude photos of herself. In order to prepare for the competitions, the Moscow tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda scoffed then: " The one train diligently, the others try to attract attention through provocative performances. "

Biathlon World Cup rankings

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).